CubeCap - September 2026

[Camezonda]

Heyo CubeCrafters!

September is over, and it was a packed month. Let's recap! - Read below to learn more.

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Skill-Based Matchmaking

As you'll read further into this CubeCap, in our BedWars Update, we introduced Skill-Based Matchmaking. We've been adding this to other parts of the network and games. This means that all players are queued together based on skill instead of what device you're on! - Ensuring your games are fairer, balanced and evenly competitive.

This has been on our network silently for weeks; you might not have noticed, or you might have noticed that your games are more balanced. This is something we're slowly rolling out to other parts of CubeCraft in the coming months!

Spoiler: FAQs

Will I get to see my skill values?
No, not for BedWars or some games, it's purely to put you in more appropriate matches. We don't want to make all games super competitive right now! - In the future, this will change depending on the game.

What if I play on different input modes?
If you play on a controller and a phone, don't worry! You have a different skill value for each input mode. This means that if you're great on a controller but terrible on your phone, your poor gameplay won't affect the skill value we've assigned you on your controller.

How do you deem how good I am to begin with?
We start your initial skill value based on your input device. This means that players using a mouse and keyboard start initially with the highest skill value. We are continuing to tweak these values. We also cross-seed bits of information, which basically means that we look at whether you've played any of the other BedWars modes, or if you've played on different input devices and make estimated guesses about how good you will be at this game. Also, initially, you're subjected to placement games, which adjust your skill value faster to get you into games that better reflect your skill level faster. We're constantly monitoring these values to identify ways we can improve them.

Are there plans for this in other games?
Yes! We just started with BedWars, but we're going to start rolling this out to all games! We think that this better skill matchmaking is far more balanced than input-mode matchmaking!

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BedWars Update!

Our beloved gamemode, BedWars received an update in September, adding new content and systems. Want to learn about all the content added? Read the full post here. Below is a short summary!

• Skill-Based Matchmaking
• More Shop Items
• Island Upgrade
• Enderchest
• Island Portals
• New Maps
• Tweaks & More

Ghast

Neon - BedWars Teams of 2/Solo

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SkyWars Update

Our SkyWars gamemode also received an update this month, adding so much content. From new chest items & weekly items, to a new voting gamemode. You can read the full post here. And below is a summary!

• More Weekly Items
• New Voting Mode: Advanced Items
• Brand new Chest Items
• Enderchests
• More Maps
• Additional Bedrock Kit: Fisherman
• And more!

Advanced Items - Auto Bridge, Fiery Bow, Leap Feather, Landmine!


SkyWars Solo - Biomes

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CubeCraft Gold: New Perks

This month, we gave some love to our CubeCraft Gold Pass. Introducing 100 extra Friend Slots & 5 extra Party slots to all pass holders. We also added a brand-new Gold tag Prefix and a Hub Title. To show off your shiny Gold Pass!

Our CubeCraft Gold 90 Day Pass is currently still on sale at 3420 Minecoins, which saves you over 40% compared to 3 individual 30-day passes. Get grabbing! - Available in /passes

Gold Hub Title.​

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Space Bundle

We launched (no pun intended) a brand-new cosmetic Bedrock Bundle. A Space Bundle! - Rocket packed with over 10 cosmetics, with an amazing space layered effect, this bundle is truly stunning.

You can find our Space bundle in the middle of our main lobby, to the right in our game hubs, in our Bedrock server store & content menus or via /gift. Hurry before it leaves the main shop next week.

Space Bundle.​

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1 Year of CubeCraft Translations!

It has been just over 1 year since we launched our new CubeCraft Translation system and team. The team has been incredible, getting our CubeCraft network in supporting so many new languages. Making your experiences much greater. Below are just some of the achievements! - Amazing job

17 languages worked on
71,747 strings approved
436,585 words translated
27% of all translations completed
72.6% completion in Spanish, our highest-completed language!
127 unique contributors
81,802 contributions
2,277,579 characters worked on
33,913 edits

Top Contributors:
yurisatori0312 - 7,040 contributions
1kekz - 2,767 contributions
satirit - 2,186 contributions


Read the full 1 Year Recap here!
If you want to join our Translation Team, you can sign up here!

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CubeCraft League Season 4 Winners!

Our CubeCraft League Season 4 ended in September, with 6 teams finishing victorious. The League hosted many BedWars matches, but 2 teams came out on top. Below you'll see the winners and runner-ups!

Java:
- The Forgotten Nerds: FoxiePandie 8641, AaJaay, Cqree, iTz1Kevin, MrSuperzzzz, Valkoni
- Guapo's Team: Arkai666 _Txetxu_, iSaritah, Josus4, Mewnuel, Slayer197, Xiori198, yShame
- Purr Squad: L5gg Elvori, iluvjammy, kegee22, RedSorrow_, sense022

Bedrock:
- Tickle Monsters: Nash The Basher Bl1pz1, Dragginq, KeizYT, speedyjet168, Spyg1a55, X1A0 BA0 BEI, zMahoganii
- Breaking Bed: IHaveABigBP Brabc, bvid, OGNukeMan, PRO WINNAAR, s1e, Solaris7068, xCritHit
- Tung Tung Gods in Novi Sad: foofc2 BudgiewQ, ItzJxrry, Springy327, zPoke Ninja

If you want to join our CubeCraft League Discord, click here!
A new league will be hosted in the coming months!

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Bug Zone

Whilst we've been pushing our new and exciting content, we've also been squashing SO MANY bugs. Below are just some:

• Global - Fixed various issues relating to PvP on 26.3 clients (Java)
• Global - Fixed player names sometimes appearing blank in chat and death messages. (Java/Bedrock)
• Global - Fixed team prefixes above players' heads showing debug text instead of the team name. (Java/Bedrock)
• Global - Fixed floating text above entities sometimes not appearing. (Java/Bedrock)
• Global - Fixed rank perks not applying straight away after a rank change. (Java/Bedrock)
• Global - Fixed some maps not being playable. (Java/Bedrock)
• Global - Fixed being able to place blocks inside your cage as the game starts. (Java/Bedrock)
• Global - Fixed the Cowboy gadget telling the wrong player they'd been lassoed. (Java/Bedrock)
• Global - Fixed the extra friend and party slots from VIP levels not applying. (Bedrock)
• Global - Lots more in-game text can now be translated into other languages, including death messages, kill rewards, kits, punishment messages and game votes. (Java/Bedrock)
• Global - Fixed an issue that prevented players from leaving games if their party members were still playing (Java)
• Global - Fixed an issue that prevented EXP and Points from being given at the end of some games (Java/Bedrock)
• Global - Fixed an issue that prevented the "Costumes" category in "Loot By Type" to be selected (Bedrock)
• Global - Fixed an issue that prevented players from searching exactly 3 characters in their Loot menu (Bedrock)
• Global - Fixed an issue that allowed people to move gadgets inside their inventory (Java/Bedrock)
• Global - Fixed an issue that allowed people to move voting items inside their inventory (Java/Bedrock)
• Global - Fixed some achievements not tracking progress correctly (Java)
• Global - Fixed stats being recorded against your nick instead of your real account. (Java/Bedrock)
• Global - Fixed boss bars sticking around when moving between games. (Java/Bedrock)
• Global - Fixed the tracking compass boss bar never showing. (Java/Bedrock)
• Global - Fixed win streaks going up when a game ended without anyone actually winning. (Java/Bedrock)
• Global - Fixed the stats menu showing an out-of-date best streak. (Java/Bedrock)
• Global - Fixed player info not appearing when hovering over a name. (Java)
• Global - Fixed an old subtitle reappearing underneath a newer title. (Java/Bedrock)
• Global - Fixed rank prefixes and suffixes showing raw color codes on nametags. (Java/Bedrock)
• Global - Fixed reward and command messages showing raw placeholder text. (Java/Bedrock)
• Global - Fixed the reward chest vote text showing raw color codes. (Java/Bedrock)
• Global - Fixed text containing a "+" sometimes failing to display correctly. (Java/Bedrock)
• Global - Fixed some chat and moderation messages failing to display. (Java/Bedrock)
• Global - Fixed the friend requests and party invites menus breaking when a name couldn't be loaded. (Java/Bedrock)
• Global - Fixed some loot items showing their internal name instead of a proper one. (Java/Bedrock)
• Global - Fixed the unlock date on loot changing when you earned it again. (Java/Bedrock)
• Global - Fixed some players being kicked while joining a game. (Bedrock)
• Global - Fixed players using a language other than English being kicked while joining. (Bedrock)
• Global - Fixed muted players still being heard in voice chat under some conditions. (Java)
• Global - Fixed party members being unable to leave a game (or get AFK-kicked) when the party owner wasn't in it. (Java/Bedrock)
• Global - Fixed the &n underline format code never showing as underlined in chat. (Java/Bedrock)
• Global - Fixed party chat showing format codes as plain text instead of applying them. (Java/Bedrock)
• Global - Fixed capes and skin costumes never loading again after a single failed load. (Java/Bedrock)
• BedWars - Players will now get kill credit for players that disconnect mid-fight (Java/Bedrock)
• BedWars - Fixed an issue with milk buckets being used to create Obsidian (Java/Bedrock).
• BedWars - Reduced jump pad cooldowns from 5 to 3 seconds (Java/Bedrock).
• BedWars - Moved Enderchests closer to the Normal chest (Java/Bedrock).
• BlockWars - Fixed some text showing formatting tags instead of colours. (Java/Bedrock)
• BlockWars CTF - Improved powerup holograms (Bedrock)
• BlockWars CTF - Fixed an issue that prevented the separating wall from appearing fully (Bedrock)
• BlockWars/FFA - Scoreboard and command text can now be translated into other languages. (Java/Bedrock)
• FFA - Fixed an issue with damage indicators reporting too many decimal points (Java/Bedrock)
• Lucky Islands - Fixed the Tamer achievement never being given. (Java/Bedrock)
• MinerWare - Microgame and boss game names, goals and item text can now be translated into other languages. (Java/Bedrock)
• MinerWare - Fixed TNT Tag still handing out TNT during the final countdown. (Bedrock)
• Pillars of Fortune - Enabled Portals map option on Rockets map (Bedrock).
• Pillars of Fortune - Moved up the Portals on some maps that needed it: Cat tree, Terrarium, Lighthouse, for example (Bedrock).
• Pillars of Fortune - Fixed portals spawning on top of the pillar. (Java/Bedrock)
• EggWars - Fixed an issue with private games team selections (Java/Bedrock)
• EggWars - Fixed some shop and generator text reading wrong in other languages. (Java/Bedrock)
• Parkour - Fixed an issue that prevented per-map stats from being shown (Bedrock)
• Parkour - Fixed an old game leaving you unable to start parkour. (Java/Bedrock)
• Parkour - Fixed an issue that prevented the "Help!" menu from being shown (Bedrock)
• SkyWars - Fixed special item descriptions showing broken text instead of the number of uses. (Java/Bedrock)
• SkyWars - Fixed an issue with mobile devices not being able to open chests with weapons (Bedrock).
• Skyblock - Fixed profile names showing formatting tags instead of colours. (Java/Bedrock)
• Skyblock - Menus, items, quests and island text can now be translated into other languages. (Java/Bedrock)
• Skyblock - Fixed an issue that prevented Auto Miners from correctly appearing in the Recipe Book (Bedrock)
• Skyblock - Fixed a profile that failed to load staying broken when you tried again. (Java/Bedrock)
• Private Games - Fixed the "Enter code" button, which never joined you to the game. (Java/Bedrock)
• Private Games - Fixed not being able to spectate a private game that had already started. (Java/Bedrock)
• Private Games - Fixed an issue that prevented players in the party to be correctly displayed as their respective team in the Team Selection GUI (Java)
• Lobbies - Fixed an issue that prevented the "Leave" item from being given upon lobby parkour start (Java/Bedrock)
• Lobbies - Fixed bow-based gadgets (Java/Bedrock)
• Lobbies - Improved floating text, now hides when view is blocked or the player is too far away, reduces text bloat (Bedrock).
• Lobbies - Cage animations now play in the loot preview. (Java/Bedrock)
• Lobbies - Fixed gadgets letting you skip parts of the parkour. (Java/Bedrock)
• Lobbies - Fixed players not being launched when punched off the cowboy tower. (Java)
• Lobbies - Parties of two can now open the duels menu from the EggWars, SkyWars and Lucky Islands lobbies. (Bedrock)
• Lobbies - Added support for changing players to a Duel who are in a different lobby than you. (Bedrock)
• Lobbies - Accepting Duel invites is now easier, and can be done with the item in your hotbar. (Bedrock)
• Web - Fixed some forum uploads and attachments failing to save.

Thanks for reading. See you soon!

 

[Wqsknijper]

It’s crazy that September is almost over already

 

[AmpleFawn7332]

It’s crazy that September is almost over already

oui

 

[yurisatori0312]

September was the worst month this year because of SBMM.

 

[FoxPanda]

Really cool with two updates in the same month! While the community consensus might not be entirely positive, it's still great that Cube can bring this to us!

Congratulations to all the people who finished top 3 in the Cubecraft League as well!

 

[hmaqs]

September brought many new updates, great work Cubecraft!

 

[Kaneman1128]

Good

 

[Kaneman1128]

Uniting Blocks, Lighting Worlds: A Thank You Letter to the CubeCraft Translations Team

Dear CubeCraft Translations Team Partners,

Thank you all for your incredible hard work!

As we stand at this memorable milestone and look back on the journey we have shared over the past year, our hearts are filled not only with awe, but with endless gratitude. Today, we gather to celebrate the 1st Anniversary of CubeCraft Translations. This is more than just a calendar date; it is a testament to the community miracle created by a global network of passionate players who united out of a shared love for Minecraft.

Many players might not know what the secret code is behind the scenes of a top-tier featured server that hosts tens of thousands of active players every single day. Some might say it is seamless code; others might point to beautiful new maps. But for us, the true answer is "the bridge of language." It is precisely because of your existence that CubeCraft has broken free from the limitations of a single, English-centric ecosystem, allowing us to throw our arms wide open and welcome players from every culture and background across the globe.

Behind the Data: Your Countless Nights of Dedication

The astonishing statistics released in our official annual review are medals of honor, carved letter by letter through your passion and late-night dedication:
* 17 Languages Approved, meaning children from 17 different nations are greeted by their native tongue the moment they log into the server.
* 71,747 Strings and 436,585 Words Successfully Translated—what a monumental undertaking! This linguistic volume is equivalent to voluntarily translating two massive epic novels.
* 2,277,579 Characters Processed and 33,913 Meticulous Edits, proving everyone’s absolute commitment to perfection. We never settled for lazy, robotic automated translations. Instead, we carefully weighed every single item name and minigame hint to ensure they were not only accurate but felt natural and immersive for everyday players.

Here, we must extend an elite salute to the heroes standing at the front lines of our Leaderboard: yurisatori0312 (who single-handedly completed an incredible 7,040 items), 1kekz (with 2,767 contributions), and satirit (with 2,186 contributions). At the same time, we want to express our deepest gratitude to every single one of the 127 unique contributors in this group. Whether you were a core translator handling thousands of strings or a casual contributor who helped proofread a single typo, every one of you is an indispensable brick in this grand linguistic tower.

What We Do Matters Far More Than You Think

When we gather in chat to discuss Spanish translation progress (where we have reached a massive 72.6% completion rate!) or debate how to translate a new skill name into localized phrasing, what we are doing transcends the act of "translation" itself. We are participating in a beautiful, warm exchange of global culture.

Imagine a young kid from Asia or Latin America launching Minecraft for the very first time, full of excitement as they log into CubeCraft. If they were greeted by a screen full of English text they couldn't understand, they might feel frustrated, isolated, and silently log off. But when they see familiar text and precise localized cues, that sense of being welcomed and understood provides a feeling of belonging that money simply cannot buy. Your words are the spotlights illuminating these players' gaming journeys.

Moving Forward Together: Writing the Next Brilliant Chapter

CubeCraft Translations is now one year old, but our footsteps will not slow down. With the continuous rollout of major updates—such as the massive Skyblock Reborn project—there will be even greater challenges and massive amounts of new text waiting for us in the future.

This is a community built on inclusion, passion, and mutual respect. The official administration team loves highlighting our achievements to the entire server because you earned this extreme honor. We have proven through our actions that the true beauty of crowdsourcing does not lie in how much corporate cost it saves, but in how it empowers players to roll up their sleeves and build the home they love together.

Thank you for putting down your controllers and closing your games during countless late nights to sit in front of your screens and quietly dedicate your time to this community. Because of you, the world of blocks has no borders. Because of you, CubeCraft Games is a warmer place for everyone.

Happy 1st Anniversary to our wonderful translation team! In the days ahead, let us continue to pour our passion into our words, accompanying millions of global players as they explore the infinite possibilities of this blocky universe!

Sincerely,
The CubeCraft Translations Operations Team